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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
decrease in total lymphocyte count
2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
atrophy or wasting of muscle
apple is higher risk than a pear
4. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
can consume more calories without weight gain
protein
pregnant women or elderly
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
5. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
rickets - osteomalacia
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5.5 ounces/day
milk - enriched grains
6. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
300 cal/day increase
3 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
6 oz. a day
7. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dietary approach to stop hypertension
atrophy or wasting of muscle
diet recall
8. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
3 cups
one tspn salt or less
dairy and fortified foods
9. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
day week or month
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
pregnant women or elderly
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
hemorrhage
cream cheese - cream or butter
11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
B and C
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pregnant women or elderly
2.5 cups
12. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
13. Name six sources of grains
protein
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
hemorrhage
14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
apple is higher risk than a pear
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dairy and fortified foods
15. The higher the BMR a client has --
fats
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
can consume more calories without weight gain
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
16. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
prealbumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
17. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
dark green - orange - drybeans
protein
18. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2.5 cups
hemoglobin
19. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
apple is higher risk than a pear
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
20. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
can consume more calories without weight gain
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
transferrin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
21. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fat soluble vitamins
decrease in total lymphocyte count
22. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
TPN total parenteral nutrition
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein and fat
23. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
antioxidant - immune function
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
carrots and sweet potatoes
prealbumin levels
24. What are healthy sources of fats?
2.5 cups
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemoglobin
day week or month
25. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vitamin C - citrus fruits
26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
decrease in total lymphocyte count
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
27. How many calories/gram is protein?
fats
4 calories/gram
dairy and fortified foods
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
28. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fats
29. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
500 cal/day
liver and intestinal synthesis
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
can consume more calories without weight gain
30. When does BMR increase?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
essential amino acids
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
review of systems
31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
one tspn salt or less
carrots and sweet potatoes
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
32. What is the function of vitamin E?
300 cal/day increase
antioxidant - immune function
decrease in total lymphocyte count
hemoglobin
33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein and fat
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4 calories/gram
34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
35. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
apple is higher risk than a pear
cream cheese - cream or butter
one week period
day week or month
36. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
hemoglobin
37. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
albumin levels
dairy and fortified foods
carrots and sweet potatoes
38. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
fats
vitamin K
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
39. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein and fat
300 cal/day increase
protein
dark green - orange - drybeans
40. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
one week period
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
4 calories/gram
41. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
2.5 cups
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
diet recall
42. Fats can lead to some medical problems
vitamin C - citrus fruits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
cream cheese - cream or butter
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
prealbumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
44. When does BMR decrease?
6 oz. a day
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemorrhage
45. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
dairy and fortified foods
protein and fat
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2 cups
46. What type of people need extra protein?
liver and intestinal synthesis
dietary approach to stop hypertension
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
47. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
albumin levels
liver and intestinal synthesis
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
day week or month
48. Where can you get more vitamin D?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
prealbumin levels
dairy and fortified foods
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
49. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
50. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid